Privacy at risk as Path app lets location data slip — Even as the company settles a privacy complaint with the FTC, it faces new criticism over location information contained in photos. — While on assignment for business recently, Jeffrey Paul posted a photo to the social network Path.

HP closes German site, lays off 850 employees — Summary: The world's number one PC maker by shipments is to close a site in Germany, laying off more than 8 percent of the country's workforce. — Zack Whittaker — Computer manufacturing giant HP will close a site in Germany …

Apps? No root? Your device serves others: Berners-Lee — Summary: Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that if you don't have administrator access on your device and it's full of proprietary apps, it really serves masters other than you. — “The right to have root on your machine,” that is …

Want to build a better Twitter? Here's a framework for you — It hasn't been a great day for Twitter, but life goes on and the company just put code for a JavaScript component framework up on Github for folks who want to use it in their own web applications, or heck, maybe even build their own Twitter …